Prologue
Capulets
Montagues
Dramatic Terms
Grab Bag
100

Where does the play take place?


Verona
100

How old is Juliet?


13; about to turn 14

100

Who is Romeo’s cousin?


Benvolio
100

What is the name of the dramatic term used to describe Mercutio's speech about Queen Mab, the fairy that brings dreams to lovers?


A monologue.

100

Name another play by Shakespeare


Answers will vary
200

What happens to the lovers?


They kill themselves.
200

How would you characterize the nurse?


She is silly, loving, annoying, and a little bawdy.


200

What is making Romeo sad at the beginning of the play?


He is in love with Rosaline, but she does not love him back.
200

What is it called when Romeo asks himself/the audience: "Is she a Capulet? O dear account My life is my foe's debt?"

Aside

200

In what theatre did Shakespeare perform?


The Globe
300

What style of poetry is the prologue written in?


Sonnet
300

Who wants to marry Juliet?


Paris
300

“Go thither, and with unattainted eye / Compare her face with some that I shall show, / And I will make thee think thy swan a crow.” Who says this?

Benvolio to Romeo

300

What is the name of the dramatic term used when Shakespeare refers to Tybalt as "The Prince of Cats"? The Prince of Cats is a reference to a popular medieval figure that Shakepeare's audience would know of. 

Allusion


300

What do the stars represent in “star-crossed lovers”?


Fate
400

What does the prince decree in the city after the brawl breaks out?


Anyone who fights will be killed.
400

What does Lord Capulet say when Paris asks for Juliet’s hand?

First he says to wait two years, then he says he can marry her if he wins her over.


400

What does Romeo discover at the party?


Juliet, her beauty, and the fact that she is a Capulet

400

How many syllables are in a regular line of Iambic Pentameter?

10
400

Who is Mercutio related to?


The Prince and Paris
500

What do the actors ask the audience to do at the end of the prologue?


Listen carefully and everything will be explained.
500

What upsets Tybalt at the dance?


Romeo, who is a Montague, has come to the Capulet party.
500

Characterize Mercutio and Benvolio. How are they different?

Benvolio is cautious and a peacemaker while Mercutio is unhinged, creative, and likes to "hear himself talk" (he tells wild stories about made-up fairies!)


500

What is the name of the dramatic convention when Romeo talks TO HIMSELF about his fears regarding the party?


Soliloquy

500
In an attempt to kiss Juliet, what does Romeo compare the act of kissing to in Act 1, Scene 5? 

Prayer; “O, then, dear saint, let lips do what hands do. / They pray; grant thou, lest faith turn to despair.” (1.5.114-115)

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